Advanced Placement® (AP)

Demonstrating excellence in college-level work in high school.

Administered by the College Board to promote college readiness, Advanced Placement® courses and exam scores are objective measures to assess high school students and permit them to bypass, and in some cases gain credit for, introductory college courses. AP® exams are a recognized standard across the world and an integral part of the admissions decisions for many colleges and universities.

BASIS Curriculum students are required to take AP classes in all disciplines.

Our curriculum is oriented around the idea that deep learning happens when students are challenged, and there is no better manifestation of challenge than AP and post-AP coursework. Our unique implementation of AP and post-AP coursework in core disciplines, foreign languages, social sciences and technology-related topics, facilitates content mastery at the college level and the gaining of tools to understand of the complexities of the modern world.

They’re 48.4% (or 1.5 times) more likely to pass their AP exams than the average test-taker

A higher pass rate means higher chance of actually earning college credit while in high school!

Because of their AP exam results, some students are able to enter select colleges as second semester sophomores.

Some universities where this is the case are the UC system’s engineering programs, University of Southern California, and North Carolina State. In other cases, students use AP credit to satisfy liberal arts requirements which gives them sooner access to advanced coursework.

52% of the grade 10 National AP Scholars in the country are BASIS Curriculum students!

For the general population, the majority of AP Scholar recognition is awarded in grade 12. with 94% awarded in grades 11 or 12. 81% of our BASIS Curriculum students achieve this distinction by grade 10. For every 20 students who graduate from a BASIS Curriculum School, nearly 19 will receive distinction as an AP Scholar.

BASIS Curriculum students take an average of 12.3 AP exams by the time they graduate.

The average number of exams per BASIS test-taker in 2017 was 2.7 versus 1.8 for all test takers who are usually seniors (In 2017, 42% of all AP exams® were taken by seniors, only 3% of our AP exams were taken by seniors in 2017).Taking AP exams is a strong indication to college admissions representatives that students are willing and able to tackle college-level material.

Please note, all statistics are for BASIS Curriculum Schools as a whole. For campus-specific performance, please contact us.

Advanced Placement® is a trademark owned by the College Board, which is not affiliated with, and does not endorse, BASIS Independent Schools.